Burnt tweeters?

[marlonucal]

I got a pair of rockford fosgate tweeters cheap and when I got them I noticed there were no crossover boxes inlcuded. My cheap old tweeters also didnt have crossovers so I thought it was ok.

After installing I drove for about 45 mins and noticed the burnt smell, and the tweeters got very hot. Did I fry them because I didn't use a crossover?

They're wired straight from the head unit so I dont think I blew them with too much power...

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[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

you blew em by bottoming them out.. well.. I can't say you burned them as IDK they might still play if you didn't you are lucky

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

nothing like 20 hz thruu a tweeter

 

[michaellane 5,000+ posts]

its more than likely not the power problem unless youre sitting there cranking your radio and pretty much sending a clipped nasty signal to them. other than that id guess you hooked them up right next to the front door speaker wires right??? so this little tweeter is getting all these freq. it isnt made to handle...?

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

lolololo

 

[DbzArson 10+ year member]

LOL FAIL.

i once hit a 145.6 on TL @ 20hz.

i had 12 1/2" tweets walled.

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[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

LOL FAIL.i once hit a 145.6 on TL @ 20hz.

i had 12 1/2" tweets walled.

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in a shoebox?

 

[phemps 10+ year member]

LOL FAIL.i once hit a 145.6 on TL @ 20hz.

i had 12 1/2" tweets walled.

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ah shit yea he did. in the saturn wagon. shiit was scary it was hard to fucckin breathe

 

[DbzArson 10+ year member]

ah shit yea he did. in the saturn wagon. shiit was scary it was hard to fucckin breathe

hah it was intense.

 

[marlonucal]

so why didnt my cheap tweeters burn out? just the RF tweeters...

 

[marlonucal]

I think they are supposed to have onboard crossovers.

 

[raverx3m 10+ year member]

because your cheap tweeters probably had caps on them (capacitors)

that looks something like this

you should not hope ever egain that something is gonna work unless you have alot of experience in certain field.

kinda like touching wires together. some people manage to get sparks the first try others manage to find the right wires without blowing the fuses.